Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,657 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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James H. Garrott (1897-1991)
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George Schuyler (1895-1977)
Edward Guinn (Legacy.com)
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Edward W. Guinn (1925-2018)
Hawaii counties
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Charles M. Campbell (1918-1986)

Explore Global African History

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Tatiana Rusesabagina (1958- )
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Tupac in Sarajevo: The Rise of Rebellion Rap in Eastern Europe
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Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (1925-2007)
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Viola Davis Desmond (1914-1965)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-Civil War South
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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation
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The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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